„3.) Malayaka House Bakery – The older girls have started baking with our long-term, German volunteer (and rugby mentor), Anne. The group bakes desserts for Pizza Night every Tuesday and Thursday and all profits go to support their rugby team, the Entebbe Sharks. Rugby has been such a positive influence in the lives of the girls. What an empowering sport! In fact, they just finished 2nd place in a rugby tournament in Entebbe!“

A 23 woman strong Lady Cranes team has been named for the 1st leg of the 2013 Elgon cup on 15th June which also double as the semi final of the 2014 world cup qualification for the single slot for Africa. Lady Cranes needs to reclaim the Elgon cup that they relinquished to Kenya last year in order to make the trip to South Africa in August to take on Africa’s number one seeds, the Lady Boks. The team makes the 16 hour trip to Nairobi this evening aboard the Easy Coach bus.

Helen Buteme, the Lady Cranes Captain, is set to debut for Premiership side Thurrock T-birds on Sunday April 7th.
She will be playing wing or full back.
This is a milestone for Uganda as she is the first Ugandan woman to play in the English Women’s Rugby Premiership.
(via ugrugby fanzone)

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Entebbe Sharks are Entebbe's first (and currently only) women's rugby team. Founded in January 2012 with only 10 players, the team now boasts over 20 players with the youngest just 10 years old and the oldest over 30 years old. Entebbe Sharks is under Entebbe Rugby Club and shares a home ground (The House of Pain) at Entebbe Secondary School with Sadolin Mongers, Entebbe's male rugby team. Entebbe Sharks and Sadolin Mongers support each other where they can and also run tag rugby programmes to ensure that young aspiring rugby players do not get left out.
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